Pajiba (Free subscription) | yesterday
For my fifth book, I chose to go with How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. It was one of five books that I bought in preparation for my deployment to Afghanistan. It caught my eye...
SASSYBELLA.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Who says summer is not a big deal in Australia? We live for the sunshine and the beach (if you’re lucky to live near the water) and the ladies behind Zimmermann know it. They’re opening a Summer pop-up store at Whale Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches next week, embracing their childhood memories of summer’s in [...] -- This post originally appeared on:...
Library Advocate (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Check it out! Alert from ALA Direct: Time to apply for The Big Read The Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, announces the 2010 deadline for The Big Read, a program to revitalize the role of literature in American culture. Organizations may apply for grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 with the grant size...
Over The Edge (Free subscription) | yesterday
Conor Mark Kavanagh The December Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, December 17th, 6.30-8pm. The Featured Readers are Gerry Galvin, Liam Duffy Conor Mark Kavanagh. Gerry Galvin is a native of Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick, now living in Oughterard. He is a chef and former restaurateur and the author of bestselling cookbooks...
Edgy Inspirational Author blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... sequel to the award-winning debut novel, Child Finder, which Library Journal placed on its 2009 Summer Reads list for Christian fiction! 5. Christmas Peril , by Margaret Daley from Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense. Christmas themed, romantic suspense stories. 6. Cup of Joe , by Teri Wilson from White Rose Publishing. A grieving woman resists the cups of comfort offered by the shy, but...
Homeland Security Watch (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
This is the second in a short (but as yet indeterminate) series of posts arising in part from my reflections on living abroad. A few months ago I read somewhere that President Barack Obama had included the novel Netherland by Joseph O’Neill on his summer reading list. The choice intrigued me, so I picked up a [...]
reeling and writhing (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas website is well and truly alive today : from Twitter there is news of the media launch this morning, and some programming is already up on the website, as well as a NAME, " The Wheeler Centre " - which is not as clunky as CBGBWI, I know - news of their opening for the masses in February, and other great things in the associated pipelines, including a Reading...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... tournament. Although our group was small, we had more boys in the library at one time (for a non-summer reading program) than I have seen in my eleven years working here." Double the Fun - Final NGD2009 Numbers « National Gaming Day @ your library: (via Resource Shelf) (Image: Gaming Day-4066)...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... tournament. Although our group was small, we had more boys in the library at one time (for a non-summer reading program) than I have seen in my eleven years working here." Double the Fun - Final NGD2009 Numbers « National Gaming Day @ your library: (via Resource Shelf) (Image: Gaming Day-4066)...
Evelyns Island (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
....no these are not new freinds of mine. But hopefully soon enough will become beloved ones ;) I am eyeing the Coraline cardigan for quite a long time and bought the pattern in summer, read it through, thought about different yarn choices, swatched, forgot about it, read it through again..... I think it is finally time to start. I need a cardigan for the house, so no bulky one and I don´t...
